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If a good cane reed's a "9"

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2025-06-10 21:51

...then what on a scale of 1 to 10 is, in your opinion, a good Legere?

(One where you've found your Legere model and mouthpiece and stabilized your play on it.)

I am curious to see how much, if any, compromise Legere players think they are making for consistency and weather proof play.

If you feel Legere superior that's of course fine too.

TIA

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Re: If a good cane reed's a "9"

Author: RBlack
Date: 2025-06-10 23:30

9.
I didn’t switch to playing Legere until they released the French Cut. I’d tried to switch a few times before, but could never stick with it as it felt bad and I sounded bad on them. For me, I am not willing to compromise, so it has to play as well as a good cane reed did for me. Beyond that, the consistency and reliability factor made the choice to switch easy at that point.
I think that maybe a special cane reed is still better, but there’s not enough of those for me to waste time messing around with them in hope.
I do still have trouble with the top range (super high C and up) on Legere still compared to a good cane reed, but I don’t encounter that in my everyday life and therefore don’t spend a lot of time practicing that either. So take from that what you may…

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Re: If a good cane reed's a "9"

Author: SecondTry
Date: 2025-06-11 00:04

..same here on getting out a C7 [c7]...wonder why...maybe the reed if vibrating fastest up there and inconsistencies with cane are more pronounced????

still a cane user...but love to have French cuts for bad days (reed and weather.)

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